OK, you probably know that when asked what could be concluded about the Creator from a study of his works, JBS Haldane proposed “an inordinate fondness for beetles.” Given that we’re not creating but only observing, what sort of “inordinate fondness” do your top-10 observed species reveal about you…

[image] It shows I spend most of my time in either woodlands near human habitation with slight degradation (the trees and the nettle - unlikely to find horse-chestnut away from human habitation!) or human habitats (ash and sycamore again, butterfly-bush, fleabane, and also the nettle). It also sho…

[image] Lots of very common creatures in my top 10. I think it could easily be all waterbirds if I didn’t restrict myself, as they are so common to my area and I like walking near rivers, lakes and canals. I also do try to record the common species I see, as well as the rarer ones. The Asian Lady…

An inordinate fondness for plants, especially of the nonvascular kind, and invertebrates (Terrible screenshot quality because I’m on mobile…) [Screenshot_20240721_184331]

My top ten observed are 9 moths and 1 plant (Ficus petiolaris palmeri). My top 100 aren’t much different: 84 moths and 16 plants. The prevalence of moths is…because I love moths! And the plants are something I know about. I post certain moths or plants multiple times if they occur in under-surveyed …

[Screenshot 2024-07-18 at 20-20-11 Observations] I’m an ornithologist and birder, but only have one bird in my top ten, because I rarely use iNaturalist for birds. When I do, it’s for roadkill, window collisions, nests and suchlike, that aren’t a good fit for eBird or WikiAves. I mostly don’t make…

[image] HappyBird44: every time I see a Lady Beetle I am hoping to find one that is not H. axyridis! And you don’t know how to rule those out before making the observation? From what I have found online, it seems to have to do with an “M” on the pronotum.

Yes, and I do some moth identifying. But only where I’m super-familiar with the likely species and difficult genera (e.g. southeast Arizona, USA, where there are already a decent number of identifiers, and a bit in nearby Sonora, Mexico). There are many moth genera with difficult groups or complexes…

[image] jasonhernandez74: And you don’t know how to rule those out before making the observation? From what I have found online, it seems to have to do with an “M” on the pronotum. well - a couple of things here. Firstly, If I am making the effort to get close enough to it to observe it in d…

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Inordinate Fondness - Your top 10 species?

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DianaStuder July 21, 2024, 7:03pm 64

Have you seen this thread?
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/need-for-more-moth-identifiers/53411/114

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